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THE ARIZONA MEPUBL.KDAM. JflXTH YEAR. PHCEIX, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY 3IORNING, JUNE 22, 1898. VOIi. IX. NO. 35. JUSTIFIABLE PRIDE. The Government Has A; .L.Two THE SITUATk Fearful That the Insurgents May Not Be . Able to Hold Powerful Spanish Reinforcements in Check, Another Expedition Will Be Immediately Sent to Cuba. Washington, June 21. The officials of the administration feel that they have a right to look back with pride ovei what has been accomplished in the short space of two months, working in a large part with raw material In both army and navy. The government has now determined to send heavy reinforcements to General Shatter at Santiago. To this end the first expedition will leave Newport News on Thursday morning carrying Brigadier-General Duffield, a separate brigade of the Second army corps made up of . the NintlT Massachusetts, the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Michigan, and the Third Virginia regiments, in all about 4,000 men. The expedition will "follow rapidly by the way of Tampa. Reports from Santiago that about 41,000 Spanish troops are in and about the city do not agree with reliable estimates in the possession of the war department. According, to the latter there are not to exceed 14,000 Spanish troops at Santiago, while a hundred miles away to the northwest at Hol-guin, a Spanish corps commanded by General Pando has 10,000 men. The war department is satisfied that, the Cuban forces under Garcia can keep Pando from reinforcing SantiaJ Should this not be accomplished, the Spanish at Santiago would Depigmented to about 25,000 men. ' It was said at the navy department that nothing had been Heard from Admiral Dewey since the dispatch received from Hong Kong day before yesterday, brought to that port by the' Zafiro as the dispatch boat left Dewey about Thursday last. At the latest she could of course bring no news of the-arrival of the transports. Officials of the navy department were not deeply concerned over a report from Hong Kong that the Chinese authorities had ordered the United States dispatch Zafiro out of Chinese waters without allowing her to take supplies to Dewey. The reason for this unconcern was a conviction that the cruiser 'Charleston and the transports have already reached Manila carrying a large quantity of just such supplies as the American fleet there would most require. Up to the close of office hours today neither the war nor the navy de-., partments had received any detailed information as to the arrival of the troops at Santiago. The entire information today was contained in one brief dispatch from Captain Allen of the signal service to General Greely stating that the troop transports bad arrived. IN FRONT OF SANTIAGO. Shaffer's . Expedition Will Disembark , in Three Days. '. (Copyrighted 1898 by the Associated Press.) On board the Associated Press Dispatch boat Dandy, off Santiago de Cuba, Monday, June 20, 1 p. m. (Via Mole St. Nicholas, Tuesday, June 21, 3 a. m.) The United States army for the invasion of Cuba, about 16,000 tioops, commanded by General Shatter, arrived off Santiago at noon today. The time of its disembarkation has not jet been determined upon, but it will probably be within the next three days. When the fleet of thirty-five transports with its freight of fighting men swept up the southern coast today and slowed up within sight of the doomed city of Santiago, the anxiously awaited soldiers were greeted with ringing cheers which faintly echoed from the decks of the blockading warships far in shore. They were answered by the troops in kind. A week of anxious waiting and impatient chafing was over. The army and navy had at last joined forces and all felt that the final blow at Santiago was at hand. BIGGEST FLEET IN THE WEST. The vessels that have arrived oft Santiago with the troops on board, according to the data supplied the war department by General Shafter, number, with the convoys, forty-nine vessels and is the most numerous fleet that ever left the waters of the United States for a foreign port. It is expected that the transports will remain off Santiago or perhaps the exact landing point will be nearer until Santiago has become captured, when they will txke on board the greater portion of the invading army if they can be spared from that locality and convey the troops to Porto Rico to effect the capture of that island. Some of the troops will be landed at Guantanamo bay in order to relieve the marines there, but it is generally understood that the main, body of troops will be landed much nearer Santiago. ARRIVED IN GOOD SHAPE. The long and trying jcurney from Ttmpa has left the men in much better condition than was anticipated. There are fourteen mild cases of typhoid on the ships, among them ber ing Major Horton of the Twenty-fifth infantry, and several cases of measles. Much satisfaction was expressed among the trnpps when it became known that Accomplished Much Months. AT SANTIAGO the actual capture of Santiago had been left to the army. Horses and mules on board the transports suffered severely, many dying. ANOTHER SANTIAGO' EXPEDITION Washington, June 21. The war de partment issued orders to Brigadier General Henry A. Duffield to proceed with his entire brigade from Camp Alger to Fort Monroe, where it will take transports for Santiago. The brigade comprises the Ninth Massachusetts and the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Michigan, about 3,000 in alL EXAGGERATION OF NUMBERS. London, June 21. The Havana correspondent of the Times says: General Linares, in command of the prov ince of Santiago de Cuba, telegraphs that sixty . vessels supposed to be carrying American expeditionary forces have arrived eff Santiago de Cuba. General Blanco is ending six battalions to protect the coast of the province of Santiago de Cuba. Great enthusiasm prevails in Havana. Order is maintained and no yellow fever is reported. NUMBER CUT DOWN. ' Madrid, June 21. An official dis patch from Havana says that about fifty additional ships, many of them loaded with troops, have appeared off Santiago de Cuba, and that a battle is imminent with the Spanish forces oc cupying the coast. RUSHING TO SANTIAGO. London, June 21. Dispatches from XT T-n - . . talions to protect the Santiago coast CONFERENCE WITH CUBANS. Garcia Shows How Santiago May Be Approached. On board the Associated Press dispatch boat Dandy, off Santiago de Cuba, Monday night, June 20. (Via Kingston, Jamaica, June 21.) General Calixto Garcia and other Cuban officers gave General Shafter and Admiral Sampson a hearty welcome at Acerraderos this afternoon when the American officers aboard the Segueranca went to his headquarters for a consultation. The Cuban commander's tent is a rude hut covered with leaves and con- I tainlng only a camp outfit. Here, after words of greeting had been spoken, a nrtnoiiltn'tinn Wflfi h rl H Tt loctad cmt eral hours. General Garcia explained his plans fully, told how he had the Spanish general, Pando, cooped up in Manzanillo without a possibility of his being able to co-operate with the Spanish troops' in Santiago and he laid before the American officers maps showing all the mountain trails leading to Santiago from the most convenient landing places east and west of the harbor entrance. A "WORK OF DAYS. The Attack on Santfago Will Not Be Immediate. Mole St Nicholas, June , 2L Rear Admiral Sampson says that the gen eral landing of the troops of General Shatter's expedition on the coast of the province of Santiago, de Cuba will necessarily be delayed several . days. Reports published in the United States to the contrary are pure guess-work. HOLDING SPANISH PRISONERS. Key West, June 21.-r-United States Marshal Hodre received instructions from Attorney-General Griggs today to hold all Spanish prisoners on the-Spanish prise ships until further orders. GENERAL MERRITT UNDECIDED. San Francisco, June 2L Despite' all announcements, General:--Merritt bas not yet decided whether, he will go with the next fleet of transports or not. - . '' , DEADLIER THAN SPANIARDS. . Diphtheria Has Made an Attack on Camp Merritt '- .' San Francisco, June 21. Surgeons are doing everything in their power to stop the spread of diphtheria. Notices have been sent to all regimental surgeons to try to head off the dread dis ease. The sanitary condition of the camp is very bad and in present circum stances could be little improved. The' only salvation as it now appears is to THE USEFUL CUBANS. Washington, ' June- ;21. The navy department continues to hear from Admiral Sampson. The reports last received speak of the satisfactory' condition of affairs, "anparticulerly' draws attention to the continued good work- being done by the Cubans. The admiral ays he now has about 1,000 Cubans fully armed engaged in bush- whacking work, which has proved so effective in protecting the marines and in preparing the way for the American troops. This force of Cubans is quite apart from the regular force under Genr ' erals Rabi and Garcia and is a detached body of guerillas which is co-operating with our naval forces, rather than with the army. The extent to which the Cubans have been exposed o action., is shown by a report reaching the navy " department that thirty wounded Cubans have been placed on Jthe Solace. This is believed, to be considerably more than the wounded from the American marines. Later the hospital ship Relief will receive the Cuban wounded, as the Relief is an army ship, and the work of the Cu'-bans is looked upon as ' more properly coming' under the direction of the army. ' Pending the arrival of the Relief no distinction will be made between Americans or Cubans, arjny-or navy4 in the relief "which the Solace is able to extend. She will wait for a full load of the sick, and wounded before coming north, as the desire of the department is ... to take away all of the disabled p summer heat comes on. . ... hurry the troops to the transports and sway from Camp Merritt The Monadnock arrived in the harbor this afternoon from Mare Island. Her consort, The Nero, is being coaled and will be ready for sea within a few days. IN COMMUNICATION.' Camp McCalla in Touch With the Rest of the World. Washington, June 21. General Greeley received from Col. Allen today a dispatch stating that the first American military station In Cuba, Camp McCalla, Guantanamo bay, had been brought Into electrical communication with the rest of the world by the establishment of a telegraphic office, which was opened at 5 o'clock. CHICKAMAUGA ACTIVITY. Chickamauga National Park, Ga., June 21. Today is another day of activity at Chickamauga. Equipping is progressing rapidly and at the present rate the whole army will be armed and equipped in a short time. Recruits continue to come in by hundreds. "TIGHT AS WAX." Secretary Long's Idea of the Cuban Blockade. Washington, June 21. The Washington Post will say tomorrow: The Spanish government is endeavoring to prove to the European powers that the blockade of Cuba is ineffective. Naval officers in Washington yesterday discussed with no small amount of interest published statements that supplies were being smuggled into Cuba in large quantities. Secretary Long in speaking of these reports to a representative of the Post pointed out that the president in his proclamation did not propose a blockade of the entire Cuban coast, but only of certain ports, among them Ha- ,vana and Cienfuegos. "These ports," said the secretary, j"are effectively blockaded. I am confident that no ships have been able to enter Havana, even while the larger vessels of our navy are' at Santiago. 'Perhaps a few small schooners may have slipped in at night The blockade of Havana is as tight as wax. I am also sure that ihe entrance to the harbor of Cienfuegos is absolutely closed. Probably at other places along the coast some small vessels have been abie to run in and out but there are small towns -against which a blockade has never been proclaimed., I am certain that Spain has no ground on which to appeal to the powers against the effectiveness of our blockade.". BREAKING MINISTRY. Likely to Be Succeeded by a More En : , ergetic One - . Madrid, June 21. There are rumors current here today that the cortes may suspend its sessions the coming week when Senor Puigceiver, minister of finance .will resign, in which event it is thought Premier Sagas ta will be called to submit to the queen regent a question of confidence In the min istry. It is impossible therefore that r. x ,11 1 1 senor oagasui wui resign, m huku case it is said a national government pledged to a most energetic course will succeed his ministry. '. PORTO RICO A MONTH OFF. The Government Cannot' Accomplish 'Miracles. Washington, June 21. (Special.) The alluring prospect so persistenly held out by the newspapers Of the starting of an expedition from Fernan-dina. Fla., within the next ten days, has had" a most inspiring effect on the troops encamped near ' Washington, who, though most of them msmifestly In no condition to take the field as yet. are chafing under the delay. The old fact remains, however, that if any ex pedition of 2C.000 men starts from any point for Porto Rico within a month from today miracles will nave to De before the most severe period of the . ., . accomplished. Those in charge of the equipment and transportation of pur army forces have not yet accomplished miracles. Probably the good effect of promising a speedy embarkation is one of the reasons why the promise is made. -The navy officials know that a sufliciently powerful squadron to protect the transports and to reduce the fortifications of San Juan is not likely to be spared from Cuba for at least a month to come, and the army people know that neither the transports nor the troops can be ready in less than ttat time. But it is quite certain that the capture of the island of Porto Rico and its retention for a time by the l.'nited States, if not permanently, is part of the programme, and there is more than an even chance that after General Merritt's forces have been landed in Manila some portion of the fleet there and some part of our army may be spared to take possession of those other Pacific1 islands, now tinder Spanish sovereignty, the Canaries and the Ladrones. All in good time. San- .ago and Manila first, before any other expedition is undertaken. All the president's plans, as hereto fore stated, look to the prosecution of this war in such a manner as to cause the smallest possible sacrifice of Amer ican lives, Nevertheless It is feared a point wu soon De reached where it will be found possible to identify every one who falls and to send by telegraph a lull obituary notice of every private. The lesson of Guantanamo has taught those who are to conduct operations U'at there is probably much guerilla fighting ahead, and in this class of warfare the rough riders, and the regular troops who have had so much of this ind of experience witn tne Indians are expected to achieve great success. Operations in the Pacific, it is expected wil be greatly facilitated by the immediate occupation of Pearl harbor, for the annexation ol Hawaii is now re garded as only a Question of a few days. Public sentiment is making it- NOW THE Conference of Admiral Sampson and Get eral Shatter. Small Bodies of Troops Will Be Put Out, But the General Disembarkation Will Not Be Made Just V Now. On board the Associated Press dispatch boat Dandy, oft Santiago de Cuba. Monday night June 20. (Via Kingston, As soon as the fleet of transports had off Santiago de Cuba this afternoon, the General Shafter, and his staff, left the other vessels lying and steamed to the flagship of the American fleet In order to visit Rear Admiral Sampson. The general went on board the flagship and the Segueranca then went to Acerraderos, about seventeen miles west General Garcia is encamped with 3,000 General Shafter and his staff and Rear Admiral Sampson went ashore and proceeded to General Garcias headquarters, about a mile Inland, 'where they spent several hours in consultation with, Of the conference General Shafter and the other officers bid tittle or nothing to say regarding the plans for the" landing of the American troops and lor the co-operation of the Cubans. The best information obtainahla la tbat there will be no attempt to make a general landing for two" or; three days, tut small bodies of troops will be put ashore at, several points, both east and west of Santiago, including Acerraderos. ' This will give General Shafter an with the work, beforehand to ascertain The transports and the warships which in shore this afternoon in full view of they will lay. tonight fifteen miles out is guarding the entrance of the harbor -self felt in the senate, and the very audacity of the sugar, interests in openly opposing the -dtvelopment of a great national plan because it will af fect them unfavorably is producing a reaction which will weaken their forces. Sugar does not control now, as it did -when the Wilson tariff bill passed. - . ...::-.. . -' H CONQUEST CI ARKE. FORTIFYING" PAIN.' - j-Gibraltar, June 21. Spanish engi neers and infantry are constructing roads from Algeciras on the west side of the Bay of Gibraltar to .Cabrilla Point where fortifications will be erected::'. . STUDYING TACTICS. Omaha, Neb June 21. CoL W. J. Bryan has just taken up hisheadquarters- at- Old Fort Omaha .and is now f putting in his time studying tactics and preparing mmBeir for his duties as a soldier.- RETURNED DISABLED. Washington, June 21. Advices re ceived by the . way of Marseilles, France, confirm the reports that the Spanish fleet returned to Cadiz. The dispatches state that the Vittoria was injured and was towed into port ' BAD BEGINNING. Disaster Attends the Launching of a British Battleship. London, June 21. During the iaunching of the British first-class battleship Albion, of 12,950 tons, at Blackwell today by the Duchess of York, a ceremony in which United States Ambassador Col. John Hay and Mrs. Hay and Lieutenant-Col. Wells, United States naval attache assisted, the displacement caused an immense mass of water to rise on all sides, completely submerging one of the lower stages of the yard and immersing hundreds of people. Ten bodies have thus far been recov ered and it is estimated that fifty persons were drowned. Another, but discredited rumor, says that the warship sunk. As this dispatch is sent tne bodies of twenty-seven men, women and children have been recovered. PEACE FROM PARIS. A Secret Attempt to Negotiate Between Spain and the United States. London. June 21. The correspondent at Paris of the Pall Mall Gazette tele graphed this afternoon that he learned om an authoritative source, in spite of denials, that the question of nego tiating peace between the United States and Spain had been for some time the subject of a lively correspondence between embassies. Wo nriris that some of the ambassa dors in Paris were instructed yesterday remain on tne aiert ana in readi ness. The correspondent turtner says is expected that an event of import-no In the nnenin? of negotiations with the United States and Spain will occur within a few days. w. uano- fmiY the TJVenrh minister of foreign affairs, in the Melino cabinet, backed by the czar, has, it seems, been the principal promoter of peace negotiations, hence President Faure's desire to retain M. Hanotaux in the foreign office. . LAN DING Jamaica, Tuesday,, June 21, il a. m.l arrived at a point about twenty miles' steamer Segueranca having on board of Santiago and near which place soldiers. .". ' --;. the Cuban general At the conclusion opportunity to become more familiar the best place for a general landing. convoyed the troops here, came close the " lookout on Morro castle, and ' from Admiral Sampson's fleet, which of Santiago. V OHIO REPUBLICANS. A Quiet -Staler. Convention Now In Session, It Has Proceeded rar tnoogrj Aj Shew vThat' the .Opposition to Senator Hanna is (Jnimporiaat Columbus, O., June 21. The repub lican state convention today was at-most free from the factional fighting of former years. The "national admin istration" republicans wer so strong that opposition to them was not felt anywhere. Of the four congressional districts in which there were contests, that of the Twenty-first district in which the delegation of Mayor McKis-son of Cleveiandrflgured, was the only one of any: proportions. The McKisson contests, which kept ' the . committee on credentials in session all night and all the other con tests were decided against an already very small minority. : The new state , committee did not organize, awaiting the report of the committee on credentials, .hut it. is understood that Cyrus Huling will be chairman of the central committee, and H. M. Daugherty chair-' man of the executive committee. Both are- close friends of Senator Hanna. The convention will' meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. ' . TOM HALL A HAN'S FUTILE aIm.;" An Attempt to Shoot George Roberts, a Tucson Crap Dealer. There is something in the air of Tucson which incites men to contention. Now there was Tom Hallahan, for many years a resident of Phoenix, and he was known here as the best humored and most long suffering of men. In an evil hour he went to Tucson, where he has been seized with a thirst for human blood. The Star gives the following account of his attempt to colonize the hereafter with George Roberts, who can't speak Spanish and would not feel at home in a country in which Captain Robley D. Evans says that will be the prevailing language soon: "Tom Hallahan and George Roberts had a misunderstanding which led to . the former unloading two chambers or his pocket piece, Roberts being the mark. The latter took refuge in the Fashion saloon. One bullet hole is tra exhibition in the wall of the Pearson just above and to the right of the rear door on Court street LucKy tor kod-erts the other bullet, too, went wide of its mark, but it has not been found. Hallahan was taken tr 1ail. He sent word to his attorney, who obtained his release through Judge Meyer and a peace bond was given in the sum of $500. The sureties were Ed Drew and "Faddy" Woods. The affair occurred while Old Boreas was doing his level best to 'raise the wind about 6 o'clock last evening. Roberts has been a crap dealer in the Palace saloon, where Hallahan has an interest with M. M. Conn and others but he don't deal there now. The above inci-Atmt vqq all that, ruffled thft Atmos phere . yesterday, barring the sandstorm. Judge Meyer will hear the cause and effect in the case this morn ing at 10 o'clock." ,

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THE ARIZONA MEPUBL.KDAM. JflXTH YEAR. PHCEIX, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY 3IORNING, JUNE 22, 1898. VOIi. IX. NO. 35. JUSTIFIABLE PRIDE. The Government Has A; .L.Two THE SITUATk Fearful That the Insurgents May Not Be . Able to Hold Powerful Spanish Reinforcements in Check, Another Expedition Will Be Immediately Sent to Cuba. Washington, June 21. The officials of the administration feel that they have a right to look back with pride ovei what has been accomplished in the short space of two months, working in a large part with raw material In both army and navy. The government has now determined to send heavy reinforcements to General Shatter at Santiago. To this end the first expedition will leave Newport News on Thursday morning carrying Brigadier-General Duffield, a separate brigade of the Second army corps made up of . the NintlT Massachusetts, the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Michigan, and the Third Virginia regiments, in all about 4,000 men. The expedition will "follow rapidly by the way of Tampa. Reports from Santiago that about 41,000 Spanish troops are in and about the city do not agree with reliable estimates in the possession of the war department. According, to the latter there are not to exceed 14,000 Spanish troops at Santiago, while a hundred miles away to the northwest at Hol-guin, a Spanish corps commanded by General Pando has 10,000 men. The war department is satisfied that, the Cuban forces under Garcia can keep Pando from reinforcing SantiaJ Should this not be accomplished, the Spanish at Santiago would Depigmented to about 25,000 men. ' It was said at the navy department that nothing had been Heard from Admiral Dewey since the dispatch received from Hong Kong day before yesterday, brought to that port by the' Zafiro as the dispatch boat left Dewey about Thursday last. At the latest she could of course bring no news of the-arrival of the transports. Officials of the navy department were not deeply concerned over a report from Hong Kong that the Chinese authorities had ordered the United States dispatch Zafiro out of Chinese waters without allowing her to take supplies to Dewey. The reason for this unconcern was a conviction that the cruiser 'Charleston and the transports have already reached Manila carrying a large quantity of just such supplies as the American fleet there would most require. Up to the close of office hours today neither the war nor the navy de-., partments had received any detailed information as to the arrival of the troops at Santiago. The entire information today was contained in one brief dispatch from Captain Allen of the signal service to General Greely stating that the troop transports bad arrived. IN FRONT OF SANTIAGO. Shaffer's . Expedition Will Disembark , in Three Days. '. (Copyrighted 1898 by the Associated Press.) On board the Associated Press Dispatch boat Dandy, off Santiago de Cuba, Monday, June 20, 1 p. m. (Via Mole St. Nicholas, Tuesday, June 21, 3 a. m.) The United States army for the invasion of Cuba, about 16,000 tioops, commanded by General Shatter, arrived off Santiago at noon today. The time of its disembarkation has not jet been determined upon, but it will probably be within the next three days. When the fleet of thirty-five transports with its freight of fighting men swept up the southern coast today and slowed up within sight of the doomed city of Santiago, the anxiously awaited soldiers were greeted with ringing cheers which faintly echoed from the decks of the blockading warships far in shore. They were answered by the troops in kind. A week of anxious waiting and impatient chafing was over. The army and navy had at last joined forces and all felt that the final blow at Santiago was at hand. BIGGEST FLEET IN THE WEST. The vessels that have arrived oft Santiago with the troops on board, according to the data supplied the war department by General Shafter, number, with the convoys, forty-nine vessels and is the most numerous fleet that ever left the waters of the United States for a foreign port. It is expected that the transports will remain off Santiago or perhaps the exact landing point will be nearer until Santiago has become captured, when they will txke on board the greater portion of the invading army if they can be spared from that locality and convey the troops to Porto Rico to effect the capture of that island. Some of the troops will be landed at Guantanamo bay in order to relieve the marines there, but it is generally understood that the main, body of troops will be landed much nearer Santiago. ARRIVED IN GOOD SHAPE. The long and trying jcurney from Ttmpa has left the men in much better condition than was anticipated. There are fourteen mild cases of typhoid on the ships, among them ber ing Major Horton of the Twenty-fifth infantry, and several cases of measles. Much satisfaction was expressed among the trnpps when it became known that Accomplished Much Months. AT SANTIAGO the actual capture of Santiago had been left to the army. Horses and mules on board the transports suffered severely, many dying. ANOTHER SANTIAGO' EXPEDITION Washington, June 21. The war de partment issued orders to Brigadier General Henry A. Duffield to proceed with his entire brigade from Camp Alger to Fort Monroe, where it will take transports for Santiago. The brigade comprises the Ninth Massachusetts and the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Michigan, about 3,000 in alL EXAGGERATION OF NUMBERS. London, June 21. The Havana correspondent of the Times says: General Linares, in command of the prov ince of Santiago de Cuba, telegraphs that sixty . vessels supposed to be carrying American expeditionary forces have arrived eff Santiago de Cuba. General Blanco is ending six battalions to protect the coast of the province of Santiago de Cuba. Great enthusiasm prevails in Havana. Order is maintained and no yellow fever is reported. NUMBER CUT DOWN. ' Madrid, June 21. An official dis patch from Havana says that about fifty additional ships, many of them loaded with troops, have appeared off Santiago de Cuba, and that a battle is imminent with the Spanish forces oc cupying the coast. RUSHING TO SANTIAGO. London, June 21. Dispatches from XT T-n - . . talions to protect the Santiago coast CONFERENCE WITH CUBANS. Garcia Shows How Santiago May Be Approached. On board the Associated Press dispatch boat Dandy, off Santiago de Cuba, Monday night, June 20. (Via Kingston, Jamaica, June 21.) General Calixto Garcia and other Cuban officers gave General Shafter and Admiral Sampson a hearty welcome at Acerraderos this afternoon when the American officers aboard the Segueranca went to his headquarters for a consultation. The Cuban commander's tent is a rude hut covered with leaves and con- I tainlng only a camp outfit. Here, after words of greeting had been spoken, a nrtnoiiltn'tinn Wflfi h rl H Tt loctad cmt eral hours. General Garcia explained his plans fully, told how he had the Spanish general, Pando, cooped up in Manzanillo without a possibility of his being able to co-operate with the Spanish troops' in Santiago and he laid before the American officers maps showing all the mountain trails leading to Santiago from the most convenient landing places east and west of the harbor entrance. A "WORK OF DAYS. The Attack on Santfago Will Not Be Immediate. Mole St Nicholas, June , 2L Rear Admiral Sampson says that the gen eral landing of the troops of General Shatter's expedition on the coast of the province of Santiago, de Cuba will necessarily be delayed several . days. Reports published in the United States to the contrary are pure guess-work. HOLDING SPANISH PRISONERS. Key West, June 21.-r-United States Marshal Hodre received instructions from Attorney-General Griggs today to hold all Spanish prisoners on the-Spanish prise ships until further orders. GENERAL MERRITT UNDECIDED. San Francisco, June 2L Despite' all announcements, General:--Merritt bas not yet decided whether, he will go with the next fleet of transports or not. - . '' , DEADLIER THAN SPANIARDS. . Diphtheria Has Made an Attack on Camp Merritt '- .' San Francisco, June 21. Surgeons are doing everything in their power to stop the spread of diphtheria. Notices have been sent to all regimental surgeons to try to head off the dread dis ease. The sanitary condition of the camp is very bad and in present circum stances could be little improved. The' only salvation as it now appears is to THE USEFUL CUBANS. Washington, ' June- ;21. The navy department continues to hear from Admiral Sampson. The reports last received speak of the satisfactory' condition of affairs, "anparticulerly' draws attention to the continued good work- being done by the Cubans. The admiral ays he now has about 1,000 Cubans fully armed engaged in bush- whacking work, which has proved so effective in protecting the marines and in preparing the way for the American troops. This force of Cubans is quite apart from the regular force under Genr ' erals Rabi and Garcia and is a detached body of guerillas which is co-operating with our naval forces, rather than with the army. The extent to which the Cubans have been exposed o action., is shown by a report reaching the navy " department that thirty wounded Cubans have been placed on Jthe Solace. This is believed, to be considerably more than the wounded from the American marines. Later the hospital ship Relief will receive the Cuban wounded, as the Relief is an army ship, and the work of the Cu'-bans is looked upon as ' more properly coming' under the direction of the army. ' Pending the arrival of the Relief no distinction will be made between Americans or Cubans, arjny-or navy4 in the relief "which the Solace is able to extend. She will wait for a full load of the sick, and wounded before coming north, as the desire of the department is ... to take away all of the disabled p summer heat comes on. . ... hurry the troops to the transports and sway from Camp Merritt The Monadnock arrived in the harbor this afternoon from Mare Island. Her consort, The Nero, is being coaled and will be ready for sea within a few days. IN COMMUNICATION.' Camp McCalla in Touch With the Rest of the World. Washington, June 21. General Greeley received from Col. Allen today a dispatch stating that the first American military station In Cuba, Camp McCalla, Guantanamo bay, had been brought Into electrical communication with the rest of the world by the establishment of a telegraphic office, which was opened at 5 o'clock. CHICKAMAUGA ACTIVITY. Chickamauga National Park, Ga., June 21. Today is another day of activity at Chickamauga. Equipping is progressing rapidly and at the present rate the whole army will be armed and equipped in a short time. Recruits continue to come in by hundreds. "TIGHT AS WAX." Secretary Long's Idea of the Cuban Blockade. Washington, June 21. The Washington Post will say tomorrow: The Spanish government is endeavoring to prove to the European powers that the blockade of Cuba is ineffective. Naval officers in Washington yesterday discussed with no small amount of interest published statements that supplies were being smuggled into Cuba in large quantities. Secretary Long in speaking of these reports to a representative of the Post pointed out that the president in his proclamation did not propose a blockade of the entire Cuban coast, but only of certain ports, among them Ha- ,vana and Cienfuegos. "These ports," said the secretary, j"are effectively blockaded. I am confident that no ships have been able to enter Havana, even while the larger vessels of our navy are' at Santiago. 'Perhaps a few small schooners may have slipped in at night The blockade of Havana is as tight as wax. I am also sure that ihe entrance to the harbor of Cienfuegos is absolutely closed. Probably at other places along the coast some small vessels have been abie to run in and out but there are small towns -against which a blockade has never been proclaimed., I am certain that Spain has no ground on which to appeal to the powers against the effectiveness of our blockade.". BREAKING MINISTRY. Likely to Be Succeeded by a More En : , ergetic One - . Madrid, June 21. There are rumors current here today that the cortes may suspend its sessions the coming week when Senor Puigceiver, minister of finance .will resign, in which event it is thought Premier Sagas ta will be called to submit to the queen regent a question of confidence In the min istry. It is impossible therefore that r. x ,11 1 1 senor oagasui wui resign, m huku case it is said a national government pledged to a most energetic course will succeed his ministry. '. PORTO RICO A MONTH OFF. The Government Cannot' Accomplish 'Miracles. Washington, June 21. (Special.) The alluring prospect so persistenly held out by the newspapers Of the starting of an expedition from Fernan-dina. Fla., within the next ten days, has had" a most inspiring effect on the troops encamped near ' Washington, who, though most of them msmifestly In no condition to take the field as yet. are chafing under the delay. The old fact remains, however, that if any ex pedition of 2C.000 men starts from any point for Porto Rico within a month from today miracles will nave to De before the most severe period of the . ., . accomplished. Those in charge of the equipment and transportation of pur army forces have not yet accomplished miracles. Probably the good effect of promising a speedy embarkation is one of the reasons why the promise is made. -The navy officials know that a sufliciently powerful squadron to protect the transports and to reduce the fortifications of San Juan is not likely to be spared from Cuba for at least a month to come, and the army people know that neither the transports nor the troops can be ready in less than ttat time. But it is quite certain that the capture of the island of Porto Rico and its retention for a time by the l.'nited States, if not permanently, is part of the programme, and there is more than an even chance that after General Merritt's forces have been landed in Manila some portion of the fleet there and some part of our army may be spared to take possession of those other Pacific1 islands, now tinder Spanish sovereignty, the Canaries and the Ladrones. All in good time. San- .ago and Manila first, before any other expedition is undertaken. All the president's plans, as hereto fore stated, look to the prosecution of this war in such a manner as to cause the smallest possible sacrifice of Amer ican lives, Nevertheless It is feared a point wu soon De reached where it will be found possible to identify every one who falls and to send by telegraph a lull obituary notice of every private. The lesson of Guantanamo has taught those who are to conduct operations U'at there is probably much guerilla fighting ahead, and in this class of warfare the rough riders, and the regular troops who have had so much of this ind of experience witn tne Indians are expected to achieve great success. Operations in the Pacific, it is expected wil be greatly facilitated by the immediate occupation of Pearl harbor, for the annexation ol Hawaii is now re garded as only a Question of a few days. Public sentiment is making it- NOW THE Conference of Admiral Sampson and Get eral Shatter. Small Bodies of Troops Will Be Put Out, But the General Disembarkation Will Not Be Made Just V Now. On board the Associated Press dispatch boat Dandy, oft Santiago de Cuba. Monday night June 20. (Via Kingston, As soon as the fleet of transports had off Santiago de Cuba this afternoon, the General Shafter, and his staff, left the other vessels lying and steamed to the flagship of the American fleet In order to visit Rear Admiral Sampson. The general went on board the flagship and the Segueranca then went to Acerraderos, about seventeen miles west General Garcia is encamped with 3,000 General Shafter and his staff and Rear Admiral Sampson went ashore and proceeded to General Garcias headquarters, about a mile Inland, 'where they spent several hours in consultation with, Of the conference General Shafter and the other officers bid tittle or nothing to say regarding the plans for the" landing of the American troops and lor the co-operation of the Cubans. The best information obtainahla la tbat there will be no attempt to make a general landing for two" or; three days, tut small bodies of troops will be put ashore at, several points, both east and west of Santiago, including Acerraderos. ' This will give General Shafter an with the work, beforehand to ascertain The transports and the warships which in shore this afternoon in full view of they will lay. tonight fifteen miles out is guarding the entrance of the harbor -self felt in the senate, and the very audacity of the sugar, interests in openly opposing the -dtvelopment of a great national plan because it will af fect them unfavorably is producing a reaction which will weaken their forces. Sugar does not control now, as it did -when the Wilson tariff bill passed. - . ...::-.. . -' H CONQUEST CI ARKE. FORTIFYING" PAIN.' - j-Gibraltar, June 21. Spanish engi neers and infantry are constructing roads from Algeciras on the west side of the Bay of Gibraltar to .Cabrilla Point where fortifications will be erected::'. . STUDYING TACTICS. Omaha, Neb June 21. CoL W. J. Bryan has just taken up hisheadquarters- at- Old Fort Omaha .and is now f putting in his time studying tactics and preparing mmBeir for his duties as a soldier.- RETURNED DISABLED. Washington, June 21. Advices re ceived by the . way of Marseilles, France, confirm the reports that the Spanish fleet returned to Cadiz. The dispatches state that the Vittoria was injured and was towed into port ' BAD BEGINNING. Disaster Attends the Launching of a British Battleship. London, June 21. During the iaunching of the British first-class battleship Albion, of 12,950 tons, at Blackwell today by the Duchess of York, a ceremony in which United States Ambassador Col. John Hay and Mrs. Hay and Lieutenant-Col. Wells, United States naval attache assisted, the displacement caused an immense mass of water to rise on all sides, completely submerging one of the lower stages of the yard and immersing hundreds of people. Ten bodies have thus far been recov ered and it is estimated that fifty persons were drowned. Another, but discredited rumor, says that the warship sunk. As this dispatch is sent tne bodies of twenty-seven men, women and children have been recovered. PEACE FROM PARIS. A Secret Attempt to Negotiate Between Spain and the United States. London. June 21. The correspondent at Paris of the Pall Mall Gazette tele graphed this afternoon that he learned om an authoritative source, in spite of denials, that the question of nego tiating peace between the United States and Spain had been for some time the subject of a lively correspondence between embassies. Wo nriris that some of the ambassa dors in Paris were instructed yesterday remain on tne aiert ana in readi ness. The correspondent turtner says is expected that an event of import-no In the nnenin? of negotiations with the United States and Spain will occur within a few days. w. uano- fmiY the TJVenrh minister of foreign affairs, in the Melino cabinet, backed by the czar, has, it seems, been the principal promoter of peace negotiations, hence President Faure's desire to retain M. Hanotaux in the foreign office. . LAN DING Jamaica, Tuesday,, June 21, il a. m.l arrived at a point about twenty miles' steamer Segueranca having on board of Santiago and near which place soldiers. .". ' --;. the Cuban general At the conclusion opportunity to become more familiar the best place for a general landing. convoyed the troops here, came close the " lookout on Morro castle, and ' from Admiral Sampson's fleet, which of Santiago. V OHIO REPUBLICANS. A Quiet -Staler. Convention Now In Session, It Has Proceeded rar tnoogrj Aj Shew vThat' the .Opposition to Senator Hanna is (Jnimporiaat Columbus, O., June 21. The repub lican state convention today was at-most free from the factional fighting of former years. The "national admin istration" republicans wer so strong that opposition to them was not felt anywhere. Of the four congressional districts in which there were contests, that of the Twenty-first district in which the delegation of Mayor McKis-son of Cleveiandrflgured, was the only one of any: proportions. The McKisson contests, which kept ' the . committee on credentials in session all night and all the other con tests were decided against an already very small minority. : The new state , committee did not organize, awaiting the report of the committee on credentials, .hut it. is understood that Cyrus Huling will be chairman of the central committee, and H. M. Daugherty chair-' man of the executive committee. Both are- close friends of Senator Hanna. The convention will' meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. ' . TOM HALL A HAN'S FUTILE aIm.;" An Attempt to Shoot George Roberts, a Tucson Crap Dealer. There is something in the air of Tucson which incites men to contention. Now there was Tom Hallahan, for many years a resident of Phoenix, and he was known here as the best humored and most long suffering of men. In an evil hour he went to Tucson, where he has been seized with a thirst for human blood. The Star gives the following account of his attempt to colonize the hereafter with George Roberts, who can't speak Spanish and would not feel at home in a country in which Captain Robley D. Evans says that will be the prevailing language soon: "Tom Hallahan and George Roberts had a misunderstanding which led to . the former unloading two chambers or his pocket piece, Roberts being the mark. The latter took refuge in the Fashion saloon. One bullet hole is tra exhibition in the wall of the Pearson just above and to the right of the rear door on Court street LucKy tor kod-erts the other bullet, too, went wide of its mark, but it has not been found. Hallahan was taken tr 1ail. He sent word to his attorney, who obtained his release through Judge Meyer and a peace bond was given in the sum of $500. The sureties were Ed Drew and "Faddy" Woods. The affair occurred while Old Boreas was doing his level best to 'raise the wind about 6 o'clock last evening. Roberts has been a crap dealer in the Palace saloon, where Hallahan has an interest with M. M. Conn and others but he don't deal there now. The above inci-Atmt vqq all that, ruffled thft Atmos phere . yesterday, barring the sandstorm. Judge Meyer will hear the cause and effect in the case this morn ing at 10 o'clock." ,